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The figure of man in the English literature
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The Anglo - Saxon period → Epic PoetryEpic Poetry (paganism) The Middle Ages → BalladsBallads (Christianity) Renaissance → SonnetsSonnets (human being → centre) Shakespeare
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Text: Beowulf Kind of man: the hero CharacterizationValues - Loyalty - Courage - Generosity Qualities - Power - Uniqueness - Strength Qualities to become a hero - to die for your ideas Language used - use of positive connotations (adjectives that underline he is unique ) - use of alitterations - simple language
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Text: Lord Randal Kind of man lord (aristocrat) son (overprotected by his mother) Activity hunting Quality moral integrity (tempted by the woman) Language use of alitteration use of repetition simple language
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Text: sonnets Kind of man - corteous man (aristocrat) Characterization - he loves a woman represents desire - he uses the lady to reach God Language - refined language ↓ sonnets ↓ addressed to intellectuals ↓ written at court (the place of culture)
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Text Shakespearian sonnet Kind of man corteous man Characterization a man with the features of the corteous code (fair hair and eyes, beautiful) loves an unusual woman ↓ dark hair and eye ordinary Language refined language
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The relationship with God influenced literature In the anglo-saxon period the religion didn’t influence letterature because there was the paganism, a pragmatic religion. People prayed God only for necessity. In Beowulf people thanked God for that easy crossing on a calm sea The Middle Ages priviledged the religious code: all people actions were aimed at reaching God. In the ballad the woman was a tempter for man’s integrity and he couldn’t reach God. In the Renaissance developed the study of human being instead God The sonneteer wrote about some physical woman’s characters
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